To run Debian, you will want two partitions: one for the Debian OS, and one for swap space for Debian. Recovery HD: A 600 MB recovery partition that includes the OS X installer and basic utilities.OS X: an HFS+ partition that includes OS X and user space.EFI: a 200 MB partition at the beginning of the disk.This requires you to set up system with EFI bootloader.Ī clean install of Mac OS X will create three drive partitions: It is advisable to leave OS X installed, as the computer's firmware can only be updated from OS X.
Post-install Debian configuration specific for ?MacBooks. It's always good to start from a clean, backed-up and up-to-date install of OS X. You can find the version of a MacBook in the 'About this Mac' menu in OSX, or dmidecode output from Linux. There are several different models with different internal hardwares.
MacBook is a series of laptop PCs sold by Apple Inc.
